rtmohanlal Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 https://wisden.com/stories/wisden-almanack-2021/virat-kohli-named-wisden-almanacks-odi-cricketer-of-the-2010s 1970 Viv Richards 1980 Kapil Dev 1990 Sachin Tendulkar 2000 Murali 2010 Kohli All deserving candidates except perhaps Murali. Nice to see 3 Indians in the list. Wouldn't have complained a bit if Dhoni's name was found instead of Kohli's. Heartened to see the name of legendary Kapil . King Viv is a no surprise. Link to comment
Norman Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 What on earth is Murali doing there? Ponting was the best ODI cricketer of the 2000s decade by a country mile... Link to comment
rock777 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 55 minutes ago, Norman said: What on earth is Murali doing there? Ponting was the best ODI cricketer of the 2000s decade by a country mile... Good work my boy keep it up Link to comment
Bigg Brother Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 hour ago, rtmohanlal said: https://wisden.com/stories/wisden-almanack-2021/virat-kohli-named-wisden-almanacks-odi-cricketer-of-the-2010s 1970 Viv Richards 1980 Kapil Dev 1990 Sachin Tendulkar 2000 Murali 2010 Kohli All deserving candidates except perhaps Murali. Nice to see 3 Indians in the list. Wouldn't have complained a bit if Dhoni's name was found instead of Kohli's. Heartened to see the name of legendary Kapil . King Viv is a no surprise. Dhoni's name in 2010s?? Kohli is undisputed king of last decade. Dhoni had started declining since 2015. He was hardly good for initial 4 yrs of decade, even there he wasnt the best. Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Norman said: What on earth is Murali doing there? Ponting was the best ODI cricketer of the 2000s decade by a country mile... yes .... Ponting deserved it more for sure... His 2003 WC final knock alone deserves lots of weight. Again Akram too deserved a spot with added exploits of 1992 WC final from a pure performance POV . But with 'ball tampering' factor into play it is justifiable that Sachin gets that spot. Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said: Dhoni's name in 2010s?? Kohli is undisputed king of last decade. Dhoni had started declining since 2015. He was hardly good for initial 4 yrs of decade, even there he wasnt the best. Dhoni won a WC captaining the team. His WK brilliance adds to his credentials for the spot. No doubt he too could have been a candiadate. Link to comment
Jay Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 I think Saeed Anwar should have been 90s player of the decade. It's an injustice done to him. In 2000s it should have been Ponting 80s obviously should have been Imran Khan. How is Kapil ahead of Imran? If only Kapil ate more beef he would be able to compete with Imran. wc2023 1 Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jay said: I think Saeed Anwar should have been 90s player of the decade. It's an injustice done to him. In 2000s it should have been Ponting 80s obviously should have been Imran Khan. How is Kapil ahead of Imran? If only Kapil ate more beef he would be able to compete with Imran. Kapil dev was world cup winning captain & by far the best ODI allrounder of the 80s. Even in tests he was more or less in similar class to Imran when the contexts they played in are taken into account. Add 'ball tampering' into the mix Imran doesn't hold a chance against Kapil as an 'over all all rounder' let alone ODI all rounder. Anwar > Sachin !!!!!!! only deluded Pakistanis will claim like that Link to comment
Majestic Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Dhoni played selfishly for last 5 years, so NO! Link to comment
zen Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Nice choices but weightage could also been given to players who helped their team win WC as well in those decades (Viv - 2 WCs, Kapil - 1 WC + World Series, which was like a mini WC with all major teams playing in it) Link to comment
Jay Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 27 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said: Kapil dev was world cup winning captain & by far the best ODI allrounder of the 80s. Even in tests he was more or less in similar class to Imran when the contexts they played in are taken into account. Add 'ball tampering' into the mix Imran doesn't hold a chance against Kapil as an 'over all all rounder' let alone ODI all rounder. Anwar > Sachin !!!!!!! only deluded Pakistanis will claim like that Lmao bro I was kidding. The list is perfect except Murali in 2000. Ponting should have been King of 2000 era. I agree tendu for 90s. 80s with Kapil is fine. Perhaps a case for Imran could be made based on test performances? Not sure. Link to comment
zen Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jay said: Perhaps a case for Imran could be made based on test performances? Not sure. why would ODI title be awarded based on test performances? Link to comment
Jay Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 14 minutes ago, zen said: why would ODI title be awarded based on test performances? my bad. forgot its wisden. yea fair enough. has to be kapil as he carried a much weaker side compared to viv. Link to comment
zen Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jay said: my bad. forgot its wisden. yea fair enough. has to be kapil as he carried a much weaker side compared to viv. Viv already got it for 1970s Link to comment
Jay Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, zen said: Viv already got it for 1970s yea. well deserved. cant argue with the list. apart from maybe murali? i believe ponting would have been a better choice. 2 WC wins and 2 champions trophy. cant get better than that. Edited April 16, 2021 by Jay Link to comment
SK_IH Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Virat deserves it, another addition to his useless personal accolades. ODI cricketer of the decade has no stand out innings in 2011 WC, 2013 CT, 2015 WC, 2017 CT & 2019 WC. Congrats to King Kohli for this meaningless achievement. WC2011INDIA 1 Link to comment
Jay Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, SK_IH said: Virat deserves it, another addition to his useless personal accolades. ODI cricketer of the decade has no stand out innings in 2011 WC, 2013 CT, 2015 WC, 2017 CT & 2019 WC. Congrats to King Kohli for this meaningless achievement. shame really. you cant choke so many times and call yourself the best odi player ever and that too in an ATG level indian side. 2021 and 2023 is his last chance. Link to comment
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